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Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
NEW YORK LUMBER
& Wood Yard
Go 10 III. IL. HOweli's

East side of track one block south of
depot is where you will find number
one dry lumber, Sugar pine, Cedar,
Fir, and all Dimcntion lumber for
buildings, saved and shaved cedar
shingles, Sash Doors, Blinds, Screen
Doors, Mouldings, Wall and Stair
ratings, Balusters, Brackets, Newell
posts, Ceiling, Rustic, Flooring, and
all kinds of Finishing lumber, sawed
and split Cedar posts, II inch plank
sawed expressly for sidewalks. /
represent the Sugar Pine Door &
Lumber Co. of Grants Pass Or. which
from personal inspection l believe to
ue the finest establishment on the Pa
ci6c coast, it employees seventy men.
The Proprietors and Overseers are all
Eastern men and experts in the bust
ness, the machinery is new and put
up in the best manner, and all under
srtict discipline and order. Their
work is all done by number one me-
chanics ard is equal to any work of
the kind done in New York or the
East Fruit boxes, Picket fences and
Gates complete. also represent a
number one mill at YoncolIa where |
hayo sawed all Dimention lumber to
order on short notice. All guaranteed
as represented or no sale. Call and
see stock and prices before purchasing.
Stove wood constantly on hand at
HARD TIME PRICES.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
Another Fortune Made.

Omaha Man-Are you making fair
living out of your Kansas farm?
Kansas Man-Living? Why I'm rich.
You see, there was little piece of poor
ground back of the dugout which was
not fit for anything. Well, one day
brother Jake dreamed there was gold
under it, and the next morning he
offered me 800 for it, on long time, of
course, for he hadn't any money, and
sold it.
Yes
"Well, Brother Bill heard of Jake's
dream and bought the lot of him for
$1,000, in the same way, you know.
Then got scared and bought it back for
$1,000. Then / sold it to Bill for $f0,-
600, and SO it went on until few days
ago, when got the lot again and sold it
to Jake for 100000. Just think of it.
No more farming for me-.
s.But what security have you to show
for all that value if Jake has no
money!
''Why, I've got mortgage on the
lot. Omaha World.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22

The guests Of the hotel spend very
little time in their rooms. The smoking
room i'll the English hotels could be
copied with advantage in the United
States. There is nothing moro tlreary in
the world than the reading room or gen
tleman's waiting room of American
hotels. IL the English hotels the smok-
ing room is furnished with heavy leather
covered chairs and sofas. with small
tables scattered about. Here any one
can order anything he pleases TO drink or
come in after his dinner for his cup of
coffee with his cigar. 1t is always coy
and comfortable place, and, indeed, al
most the only comfortable place in the
hotel.-T. G. Crawford's Letter.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
A Derbyshfre Story.

A correspondent calls to mind that in
Derbyshire a story was told about fifty
years ago which has some resemblance to
the story of Tam o. Shanter, as related
or adapted by Burns. Upon dark even
ing, as man was riding homeward, he
passed large house which was all ablaze
with light. From within came sound
of music and dancing. The house, he
knew, was said to be haunted, and, being
curious to see what was going on, he
went in at the door. He was invited by
the revelers, who appeared to be ordinary
men and women, to supper. According
ly he sat down at the supper table, but
before he began to eat he asked his host
to say grace. The guests said, ''Hush!"
but the host did not say grace. Then the
stranger shut his eyes and said grace
himself devoutly. Wien he opened them
all was still, the inmates had gone and he
was left i'll utter darkness. Notes and
Queries
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
The Sun is Not Hiue.

A year ago Professor Langley, the dis
American astronomer, per-
formed an experiment in the theatre of
the Royal institution to show that the
true color of the sun is blue. He argued
that the atmosphere cut off a large pro-
portion of the blue rays, and that, if the
observer could get beyond it, the sun
would look blue. Capt. Abney, in a
lecture on Sunlight Colors,' rejected
this experiment. adopting Prof. Langley s
figures with mathematical accuracy, but
dispensing with his paper disks, which
this lecturer held vitiated the result, and
he showed that the color of the sun was
not blue, but very nearly that of the
white light TO be seen at high elevations
in a clear, dustfree atmosphere. London
Telegraph.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
How He Got Even.

4 little while back there was '.strong
man. who travelled about the country
performing very wonderful feats, but he
had the misfortune to quarrel one night
with an assistant, who with superhuman
struggles was wont to hand him the gi-
gantic cannon balls necessary for the per-
formance The assistant had demanded
increased wages; the demand was re-
fused. The performance proceeded SWIM
mingly, but when the applause was at its
height, the assistant collected the objects
on the stage, which i'll the aggregate
should have weighed about ton and a
half, threw them lightly ON tray, and
jauntily carried off all with one hand.
The strong man. never exhibited at that
place of entertainment again.-Philadel-
mia Call.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
Pure in Heart.

Almost every one appreciates the duty
of governing the tongue, although few
people dwell upon the necessity of con-
trolling the thoughts. Right speaking is
a recognized duty, but right thinking is
too often classed among the impossible
ties of life
s.It may be wicked to feel SO, but l
can't help my thoughts, apologetically
says some detractor.
The excuse is a generally accepted one,
but it has not sufficient foundation in
fact Isolated thoughts cannot always
be controlled. They flash into the mind
like obstinate sprites, and the more one
fixes the attention upon them in disap-
proval the more impossible does it be-
come to expel them.
1t is, however, within the limits of hui
man effort to control the tendency of the
thoughts When a malicious or frivo-
lous member of the tribe starts into
being they can be best combated, not by
out and out fighting, but by turning in
stantly to another class of valuable and
interesting reflection.
The mind may be SO thoroughly disci-
plined that its thoughts shall be drilled
battalions of soldiers. They viii doubt
less be always raw troops, not marching
according to strict military rule, and not
in all cases sure to obey upon the mo-
ment, but they will steadily improve with
practice, conforming themselves more
and more to the true and the good.
Psychologists have great deal to say
about the force of habit. Dispose the
brain toward certain line of thought
and it will keep it with increasing steadi-
ness, for purely physical reasons. 1t has
its automatic action, as the fingers have
theirs, when they so accustom them
selves to seeking the keys of the piano
that they find them without the aid of
the eyes.
The discipline of the thoughts contrib
utes-to the intellectual as well as moral
development. There are in all lives un-
occupied intervals of time, when one is
riding to and from his place of business,
or taking his constitutional, for ex-
ample. He cannot read or study to adj
vantage at such moments, but instead of
letting the mind drift whittier it will, he
can fix it upon the last poem he has read
or upon some truth from an author OF
value. Youths Companion
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
On Mount Washington.

'.The view from Mount Washington, =
says my guide book, with rardonable en-
thrsiasm, lis incomparably grand. As a
matter of fact, it is n good view. but still
quite comparable, and not good enough
in proportion to the elevation. You are
at tie same height as on the top of the
Rigi; but oh, what difference! Mount
Washington towers as the actually high
est peak anywhere around; whereas the
Rigi stands mere observatory i'll the
center of girdle of mountains alt in
finitely grander and nobler than itself.
don't want to make '.odoro,,s' compari-
sons about the Incompatible; l merely
mean that, all things considered. the
view from the American mountain is not
quite SO fine as one might naturally have
expected it to he for its height above sea
level. For one thing, there is little or no
water in sight, only stray lake or two,
shimmering, pond like, inShe renoter dis
tance. No near tarns. as In the deep
combes of Snowdon; no sea, as from Ben
Nevis and Helvellyn; no winding meres,
as when one looks down ON Lucerne and
Zurich; rather tumultuous mob of
surging mountains like the serTied ranks
pI the DeeSiue lHtiS itSi1i top VI tiie fsSu-
nagar.
Still, will frankly admit it is a mag
nificent prospect in its own way. West
ward, through the faint blue haze, the
Camel's hump and the Green mountains
of Vermont loom indistpctly on the
cloudy horizon. Eastward, the other
great peaks of the presidential range
jefferson, Adams. Madison-rising to
above the limit Of trees and with their
gaunt bare SUBMITS of loose strewn
powders remind me more of Cader Idris
and of the Coudon, near Toulon, than of
any other masses have seen anywhere.
Southwark, the more wooded and round
ed tops of Kearsarge and its giant neigh
bors recall rather st. GATHERINGS peak
and the Blue mountains of jamaica
Grant Allen, in Longman's Magazine.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
The NIcerschaum Industry.

1t is not generally known that the or
dinary meerschaum of pipe bowls, tips
and ornaments is true mineral. 1t is
found in considerable beds in Crimea, the
island of Negropont, and in Asia Minor.
In chemical constitution it is combina-
ton of magnesia. carbonic acid gas and
water. The largest and best pieces are
sent to Vienna, while the smaller bits are
purchased for the north German in
dustry. AT the little dorf of Ruhla, dis
tant sixteen kilometers from the historic
Eisenach, is the center of the business.
The exports of finished products from
that village alone amounts to several
millions annually. The beds of meer-
schaum are owned by the Turkish goy-
ernment, but are worked by European
capital. About 1000 men are employed
at the mines. Chicago Tribune.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22

Gould man make shirt for six
cents:' asks Charles Dudley Warner in
Harper's. '.No. What limit is there to
wonnan's ambition or performance.
She drives stage. plays the violin, sews,
sings, dances. acts, paints (both in oil
and water colors), teaches, is a clerk. a
typewriter, typesetter, an editor, a
marvellous producer of short stories (said
by critics to be the most difficult art in
the world. a telegrapher, and as yeller
through the telephone probably viii never
have an equal. Go where you viii there
is woman, lovely or plain, ready to cure,
to chide. to guide, to aid, to instruct, to
amuse, to rule, to lead, and point the
way FOR halting man."
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
Decimal Clock in wiesbadcn.

There is a decimal clock il Wicsbaden
which is constructed on the following
principle: The day has 10 hours, the
hour 10 decades. each decade 10 minutes,
each minute 10 seconds and each second
10 rays-thus dividing the whole day
into 100, 900 parts. A similar division is
to be applied to the circle. Herr Moder,
of that city, goes still further. and pro-
poses to divide the year into 10 months
the even months of SO, the uneven ones
of 81 days each. The advantages of this
decimal system are placed in evidence,
and the inventor hopes to see the same
adopted before long in spite of the present
opposition. New York Tribune.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
BuckIen s Arnioa SaIye.

The BEET SALvE in The world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Conls, and ali Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or meney
refunded Price % cts uarbox.
FsS salebY MAssTkRs s Co
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
Youthful Gallantry.

Ethel-Now 1 am going to be nurse
and play I'm taking the baby in its car
riage to the park.
Roy (who has a penchant for EtheD-
Well, then, I'm going to he your p'lice-
nlan.-Harper' Bazar.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
Early In the Geaxon.

Yong Wife-I took great pains with
that cucumber salad, John, and 1 hope
you enjoyed it.
Husband (anxiously) Vim afraid, my
dear, that | took great pains with it too.
New York Sun.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
Jsst Hhat Theu III sau.

Hon. d. ID. Haynie Of Salem, Ills. says he
uses DIR. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup in
his family with the most satisfactory results,
in all cases of Coughs, Colds and Group, and
recommends it in particular for the little ones.
Sample bottle cents at w. S. Hamiltons.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
DOUGLAS COUNTY

Is Situated in Southern Oregon,
and is vetitablc empire of $50
Square Miles, being larger than
the Great State of Connecticut.
Magnificent Climate. Wonderful
Resources. Live Men Wanted.
The REVIEW is the Medium for
Reaching this Great Empire.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22

Food products from all parts of the
world arc tc be exhibited in Amsterdam
during June and July.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22
SPEECH AND SILENCE.
Soft words are fles

Soft words are dear,
Making sweet music In Loves tranced ear; !:
But Silence hath spell
That breatheth more than any tongue can tell.
Clinton Seollard in Youths Companion
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-07-22

Now is the accepted time to subscribe fol
The REVIEW.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-09-30
She Was Married for Keeps

The skipper of canal boat on the
Illinois and Michigan canal recently
decided, after mature deliberation and
careful consideration, to .marry his
cook, right smart, energetic and not
wholly bad looking Celt, who had
been a tried and faithful servant for
him for quite number Of his peril
Gus trips on the storm lashp,l canal
So he spoke to about the matter one
day, and after securing her coy con-
sent he ordered the boat tied up at
wharf of Joliet, and being practical
skipper, skipped up the street after u
rarson. The nuptial knot was soon
tied, the parsoa beaten down to $3.50
for his fee, aud then the canal boat
man said:
"Well, Melindy, We are married fur
keeps now. We are hitched fur life.
and must pull together. I'm little
short handed o.day, and as that lead
mule has got saddle gals on his back
you jist take the towpath and lead
him down to Lockport and I'll steer
and kinder ruminate on some pian to
give you work on the hnat without 60
ing ashore in mud. I've got power
full sight more respect for you now
that you're nv wife, Melindy."-
Chicago National
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-09-30
An Irish Horse Trade.

The following stnry was told to a
clerical friend in the west Of this
county by countryman named Dinny
Cooley: "Goo |, morrow, Dinny; where
did YOU get the horse ?" "Well, I'll
tell your reverence. Some time ago
went to the fair of Ross, not with this
horse, but with another horse. Well,
sorre a wan said to me "Dinny, do you
come from the Aist or do You come
from the Wesht?' and when | left
the fair there wasn't wan to say, Din
ny, are you gong to the Aist or are
you going to the Wesht?' Well, your
riverence, | rode home, and was near
Kilnaglos-, when | met u man riding
along the road fornlnst ME. Good
evening, friend, said he. Good even
ing, iriend,' said |. 'Were you at the
fair of Ross 2 seq he. Il was, sez l.
Did you sell p sez he. No. sez l.
Would you sell ? sez he. Would you
buy?' sez |. Would you make clane
swop SEE he; 'horse. bride and sad
die and all ? sez he. 'D)ne, seq |.
Well, your reverence, got down of
av me horse, not this horse, but the
other horse, and the man got down OF
av ME horse, that's this horse, not the
otner horse, aud We swopped and rode
away. But when he had gone abou
twenty yards he tursed round anc
called after me. There niver was ;
man from Ross seq he, 'but coulu
put his finger in the eye av mar
from Kilnagloss,' seq he; aud tina
horse,' seq 'that | swopped with you
seq he, is blind av All eye, SEE he
Woll, then, your riverence, | tnrnet
upon him, and l called out to him
There niver was u man from kilna
gross sez |, but could put his two
fingers in both the eyes av man from
Ross sez ]; 'and that horse that
swopped with you,' sez |, 'is blind a
both his eyes, s I.'-Spectator.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-09-30
w hat An Egg Will Do.

For burns aud and scalds, moth
is more soothing than the VI
of an egg, which may be poured
the wound. 1t is u softer varnis
"a burn than collodion, and bel
ways at hand, Can he app led,
also more cooling than the 81
and cotton seed, which was fq
supposed TO be the surest appI
to ailay smarting p.in. l, is
tact with the air which Civ
treme discomfort perence4
ordinary accident OF this
anything that excludes
prevents inhammation, ss
be at once applied. Th'
sdered one of the best
dysentery. Beaten up slightly, With
or without sugar, and swallowed at
gulp, it tends, by its emolllent quail
ties, to lessen the Inflammation of
the stomach and intestines, and by
forming transient coat on thee or
grams, to enable n,ture to resume
healthful sway over . diseased body.
Two, or at most three eggs per day,
would be all that is required in ordi-
nary cases; and since the egg is not
merely medicine, but food rs we'll, the
lighter the diet otherwise, and the
quieter the patient is kept, the more
rapid the recovery.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-09-30
Volume XLIV.---No. l6.
A Cunning Expedient.

There is ia le among the Hindoos
that thief, having been detected and
condemned to die, happily hit upon
an expedient which gave him hope of
life. He sent for his jailor, and told
him he rad q secret of great import
ance which he desired to mpart to
the king, issa th.ia bad been
done he would be prepared to die.--
After receiving this piece OF intetH-
gence the king ut once orderedSthe
culprit to be conducted into his pres.
ence, and demanded Of him to know
the secret. The thief replied that he
knew tn" secret of causing tree to
grow which would bear fruit OF pure
gold.
The experiment might easily be
tried, and his majesty would not lose
the opportunity;so accompanied by his
courtiers, and his chief priest, he went
with the thief to spot selected near
the city wall, where the latter per-
orIned s-ries OF solemn incantat ous.
MS dane, the condemned me IN pro.
duceSaI Yece Of gold, and aeciared
that i ltskMld be plantedAt would
produce tree, every branch Of which
would bear gold.
but" he added, "thls must be put
into the ground by hand that has
never been stained by dishonest act.
My hand is not clean, therefore 1 pass
it to your Majesty.
The King took ths-piece Of gold
but hesitated. Finally he said II
remember. in my younger days that
| often fiched money from my fathers
treasury which was not mine. l have
repented the sin but yet l iare n.
say that my hand is clean. fpass to
my prime minister"
The latter after brief conidera-
ton. answered: "It were PITY to
break the charm by possibleblun-
der. | receive taxes from the eople
and as | am exposed to many telpta-
tions, how Can | be sure that have
remained perfectly honest? Ilust
give it to the governor of the cit;el."
"Nn. no." cried the Governor, DIX
ing back. "kemember that | have w
serving out of pay aud provisions y y,
the soldiers Let the high I 49,
plant it,"
| And the high priest said, you for
get; l have the collecting of tithes,
and disbursements for sacrifice.
| AT length the thief exclaimed =
l'Your Majesty. | thinkit were better
for society that all five of us should
be hanged, sine. it appears that not
an .aonest man Can be found among
%x t
i In spite Of the lamentable exposure
the King laughed; and so pleased Wa;
he with the thicfs Canning expedient
that he granted him pardon.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-09-30
Eslsef Rsabing.
A DETECTIVES STORY.

1t vas very singular, mysterious
aud complicaed case.
In bare room of an old house in
the vicinity OF London bridge railroad
station a man MAS found dead, hang
ing by small cord 10 hook driven
into the wall. lis feet resting on the
llonr.
|. He was discoyere me days after
q. Z. i-s..h, ard by r~s.oa.of th~ siron y
smell seut forth from the dlscompos,
ing body.
lie aas stranger hon no one
knew, and why he should have come
to tina, place To commit sn!clde WAS
mystery.
/ lie ~ns veil dressed. had gold
watch IN his pocket. to which Was at
iached heavy gold chain; he had u
diamond stud IN his shut front, and
cluster ring of diamonds on one
/ finger; he ais. had pockrtbo"s on
his person containing over $500 IN
haukhofss.
II wa therefore evident that he
/ had not committed suicide on account
of poverty, or been murdered for his
money.
Was il suicide or was it murder:
There Was no scrap ot paper ON his
person la tell who the stranger We
nor his motive for the 'nurderou- deed
liz he did IL.
The room, which was an upper
story of an old building, the lower
portion of which was occupied by 4
commission merchant, containing nc
article of furniture.
II had been rented about ten day;
previous TO rather venerable man
who walked = little lame and wore
goggles, who said he wanted il for al
office for the sale of patent that would
become very popular with sea golnI
people.
When questioned about .he patent
he said he would not then explain 1t
but would have some things on han,
for an exhibition in the course oil tel
days or two weeks.
The dead man was not the one wh'
bad taken the room, however: ano
how and when he had got access t.
the apartment no one knew.
There vas an old fashioned fire
place in the room, and some pape
ashes attracted the attention Of de
tective, who happened to be no othe
than my humble self.
In turning ovir these ashes l DIS
covered two or three little bits OF pa
kper MT entirely consumed, and the
had the words written on them
though now barely diStlngulshable:
found her aud lccked'
private room
"meet you
"s'a'ion
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-09-30
1]netrg.
THE SEA.

Beautiful sea, so vast, so solemn,
Stretching outward into space,
Swelling mountains high in breakers
Or ial ing into fanny lace.
Billows tossing in the sunshine,
SunLeims dancing on their crest,
Or perchaure stormy shadow
Dtrkening from the distant west.
Changin., changing, ever changing.
With nsprr ceaslng roar,
SInying anthems TO the present,
Ancient hymns of days of yore.
Tualbling pillows. boiling, seething,
Dsshing on tie glisten'ng sand;
Now receding. nov advancing,
By some strange MAJ icifn w"ni.
Hsrk the voices tbs, are talking,
From The d-pIhs OF ocean caves,
Voices telling tales OF anguish,
Tossing sbofesard on The waves.
Listen. listen. in the nighttime
When the earth was last as eep.
Dawn, down, dawu. the great three maste
Struggled 10 her Winding sheet.
10 the dark ness waves vrre raging,
Battling with the sinking ship
Hands are clutchtne mss,s and rigr"g,
Prayers a-ise from every lip
When Ihe tide come. rolling inward
" hen its restless restless moan,
Every bilio~ sadly eshors
Fragments Of d, fng groan.
Nov. II. morniss sSs.ouyoming
Sca,tsrs arg I sEsi g'o,~.AfaS
On The sand there ~ .tsrers
Remnants OF broken spar
Dreams sad voice. aS.ting ssa~ard
Catch the waters. cleaning bright,
And the hiiass rolling inward
Break 10 masic, sstt snd light
Greeuish waves siih golden sparkles
Eiging outward into oius,
Changing, rhanging. ever changing,
Alw.,s With different hue